Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Cost Effectiveness

baroness featherstone: To ask Her Majesty's Government how they intend to ensure that energy service providers provide value for money for the consumer.

lord prior of brampton: Energy service providers could play an important role in delivering valuable services to consumers including, but not limited to, energy management, energy efficiency improvements and demand side response. The Government will continue to consider the role of energy service providers as the market for services they offer develops.

Construction: Billing

lord stunell: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the report they commissioned from Pye Tait Consulting on cash retentions in the construction industry has been submitted by that firm; and if so, when they intend to publish that report, and what action they plan to take in the light of its recommendations.

lord prior of brampton: The Department will be publishing the Pye Tait report, alongside a consultation document on the practice of cash retentions under construction contracts shortly.The Government will not pre-empt the outcome of the consultation, but will consider the responses to the forthcoming consultation carefully before making decisions about further action in this area.